GOD’S WORD FOR NOVEMBER 15

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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REST FROM YOUR LABORS

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” Revelation 14:13

D.L. MOODY

Think of Paul up yonder. People are going up every day and hour, men and women who have been brought to Christ through Paul’s writings. He set streams in motion that have flowed on for more than a thousand years. I can imagine men going up to him and saying, “Paul, I thank you for writing that letter to the Ephesians; I found Christ in that.” “Paul, I thank you for writing that epistle to the Corinthians.” “Paul, I found Christ in that epistle to the Philippians.” “I thank you, Paul, for that epistle to the Galatians; I found Christ in that.”

When Paul was put in prison, he did not fold his hands and sit down in idleness! No, he began to write. His epistles have come down through the ages and brought thousands on thousands to knowledge of Christ crucified.

ERWIN LUTZER

Like a pebble thrown into the water, the ripple goes all the way to shore, just so, the deeds we do have eternal repercussions. We might not all be writers as was the apostle Paul but, nevertheless, our impact never ends. Everything we do for God is eternally preserved.

God never allows us to see all the good we do. We just have the bits and pieces of our own experience, but we are influencing those around us in ways that are unknown to us. No good deed is lost, and what we consider to be a meager though positive influence, might be much greater than we can ever imagine.

PRAYER

Father, I thank you for any good deeds I have done that have impacted others. And thank you for those whose works have followed them to glory.

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1 Timothy 4:16

Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you

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1 Corinthians 9:22-23

To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.  I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

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James 5:19-20

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

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Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles in behalf of His name,

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1 Corinthians 7:16

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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Romans 6:16

Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

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Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them—for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account—so that they may do this with joy, not groaning; for this would be unhelpful for you.

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Romans 5:19

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

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Romans 8:28

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

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Titus 2:9

Urge slaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing, not argumentative,

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